Chirala (pronunciationⓘ), is a city in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

[3] Chirala is the most populated city in Bapatla Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency.

The city was also known as Kshirapuri, (క్షీరపురి, Telugu) which means "sea of milk" in Sanskrit.The city was carved out of Sudhanagaram, original name of Patha Chirala, that was granted to Chirala Anantharaju by Goparaju Ramanna, Minister of the Kakatiya king, Ganapati Deva, during Saka 1067 (1145 AD) as mentioned in the records obtained from the Madras Oriental Library.

Chirala name was carved in Independence struggle The then British government has laid taxes which was very higher and to protest same people under leadership of Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya left their homes and town and erected temporary huts outside town limits.

Hot summers and cool winters are observed due to its proximity to the coast of Bay of Bengal.

[7] Chirala retained its position as municipal town since 1871 As of 1981[update] census of India except for a short period of about two years from 1938 to 1940 when it was suspended and it was converted in to Panchayat, due to political reason.

It is a first grade municipality, constituted on 1 December 1940 and has a jurisdictional area of 13.57 km2 (5.24 sq mi) with 33 election wards.

Every weekend lot of IT folks from Hyderabad City visiting Vadarevu beach for boat amusement and seafood food.

sanctioned Fish harbour to Vadarevu Beach Chirala has ITC Factory which process cigarette raw materials.